Forced unilateral nostril breathing: a technique that affects brain hemisphericity and autonomic activity.
Asymmetrical shoulder, thoracic and buttock pressure affect ipsilateral nasal resistance, autonomic tone, and hemisphericity. This factor must be taken into consideration when conducting psychological experimentation, and, in fact, may have confounded much prior research.
Backon
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Mount Pleasant Hospital Addiction Studies Foundation, Jerusalem, Israel.
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